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Few major league hitters have been hotter over the past 30 days than David DeJesus. The Royals' outfielder is hitting .442/.500/.611 during that time, with a walk-to-strikeout ratio just under 1.00 and a .500 BABIP. He's right next to Aubrey Huff, Josh Hamilton, and Robinson Cano for the title of best performer of the past month.
For the season DeJesus is now batting .325/.394/.482; a career best line for the 30-year-old and a well-timed one at that. The trade deadline is a little over a month away. With contenders looking to stock their shelves for a playoff run, DeJesus' name is bound to pop up more than normal. That's especially true for clubs like the Atlanta Braves, who could not only use another outfielder, but a top-of-the-lineup bat too. Of course, whether the Royals choose to trade DeJesus is up in the air. They have some internal replacements and it seems like an obvious opportunity to make a deal, yet none of that has really stopped them from doing the unexpected.
DeJesus' seasonal BABIP is a career high, which suggests that he's not going to continue getting hits at this pace. He's not hitting for much additional power either (his ISO – slugging percentage minus batting average – is nearly identical to previous years) so most of these extra hits have been singles. He's not even walking that much more than normal (a whisker shy of 10%), although he is striking out at a career-low rate, but just barely (a little less than 14%).
DeJesus has always been a consistent hitter; batting at least .285 every season but one since breaking into the majors in 2003. He's also racked up at least double-digit homers each of the past two seasons and stolen a few bags here and there too.
While that consistency helps, DeJesus' overall average package isn't all that exciting for standard 12-team leagues; that most fantasy leagues don't count defense creates an even bigger gap between his real-life value (substantial) and fantasy value. If you own DeJesus, consider selling high. His numbers stand a good chance of regressing, and the added risk of being him traded to the National League makes it a good time to cash in.


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On this holiday weekend, I am very thankful for having such a great son.
Lucas obviously learned from his dad!
When I read the first line my thought was 'Uh-oh'. Glad my instincts were wrong and the purple card is a good thing! Must be some awesome parenting going on. Good work to all of you!
"kind heart" - cool (not sure about the whole card system though, too reminiscent of soccer.
@Bruce - Thanks man. We try our best. He still has his moments, but is a really super boy.
@Cheyrl - Oh yeah, it is a very good thing. He gets his share of 'reflection' time too, but usually because of his enthusiasm.
@Daniel - Maybe if it were a Yellow card, but the purple is a good thing. At least at his school.
Awes that is so awesome, what a sweetie! Yea we had a similar system in Grade K, however there was a blue card and it was no good at all, usually included a call home or a nice little chat :) yay for Lucas!
Yes, indeed. Makes you feel warm and fuzzy all over. And, this speaks highly of you as a parent.
Yay Lucas!
And Yay for you and the Mrs doing such a good job!

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This photograph of an unidentified elderly man, seated in the studio E.N. Charles at 2 Midland Road, Derby, looking slightly weary, perhaps after a strenous walk to the studio, and with his top hat on the floor beside him, may be one of the first carte de visite portraits taken in that town. Although undated, I believe it is earlier than any of the three other examples from this photographer that I have seen. I've come to this conclusion partly from the seated pose, which is much closer to that typically used by photographers in the mid- to late 1850s, the era of the collodion positive or ambrotype. Sadly, the reverse does not display a negative number, such as the No. 774 shown on the back of what I think must be a slightly later portrait from the same studio.
The design on the reverse, printed in gold ink, shows two cherubs holding flags, a seated lion, a phoenix standing atop a laurel wreath, and a book with the following text: "Album Photo. by Mons. Charles Midland Road Derby." I believe the use of the term "Album Photo" may be a reflection of the main use of the carte de visite at that time, in other words intended to be placed in a purpose-designed album, side-by-side with portraits of royalty and other celebrities of the day.
A newspaper advertisement from Derby stationers E. Clulow & Sons in November 1862 offers "carte de visite albums, a large stock of new and beautiful patterns just received."
Emmanuel Nicolas Charles arrived in Derby in 1855 and set up a studio in Station Street with a partner, possibly chemist James Morris. Although born in France, he had married a young woman from Leicestershire in 1850, and lived briefly in both Nottingham – where he worked as a journeyman machinist - and Leicester, before settling in Derby. By late 1856, he was working alone, with premises at 2 Midland Road, as shown by trade directory and census entries from 1857 until 1862. He died on 29 March 1863, at the young age of 35, leaving his widow Sarah with two young sons.
Sarah Charles reputedly then operated the studio with the help of her husband's assistant Walter William Winter, but it must have been only briefly, because she married him in the second quarter of 1864. W.W. Winter took over the photographic studio, and built it up into a successful business which still thrives today.
E.N. Charles could only have been offering carte de visite portraits for a very limited period, perhaps from late 1860 at the earliest until March 1863. Sarah Charles and W.W.Winter probably continued to use card mounts printed with her late husband's name until stocks were exhausted, or new designs could be ordered.
In fact, a portrait in the collection of the Derby Local Studies Library taken before November 1865 (shown above) is mounted on a card with Mons. Charles' name and a coat of arms on the reverse, but "W.W. Winter, late M. Charles, Photo. Derby" printed on the front. It seems likely that Winter may have had the remaining stock of cards overprinted not long after taking over the business. This also provides us with the latest date of commencement of the Winter reign.
Winter continued to use the "late E.N. Charles" on his card mounts until the late 1860s or early 1870s, when a completely new design featuring an engraving of his new studio on the opposite side of Midland Road was introduced.


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As an undergraduate in the Smeal College of Business, Mike Long, a 2012 graduate in finance, spent many hours working, studying, and talking finance issues with his classmates in the Rogers Family Trading Room. Today he is putting that experience to work as an investment banking analyst in Mergers & Acquisitions at Citigroup in New York City. According to Long, the Rogers Family Trading Room brought together students who shared a passion for finance and helped him start his career.
"The culture of the trading room is a huge factor," Long said. "You have a large group of people in there every night bouncing ideas off of each other. It is a great way to learn outside the classroom because you are spending time with other students who are passionate about the subject."
This is exactly the type of outcome David and Patricia Rogers were hoping for when they agreed to provide the funding to establish this facility in 2001 with a $1 million gift. In the 12 years since their original commitment, thousands of students have taken classes, researched market sectors, conducted valuation analyses and bonded with their classmates in the Rogers Family Trading Room. Like Mike Long, many have gone on to careers on Wall Street where Smeal graduates are represented at nearly every major bank and investment company.
"The Rogers Family Trading Room is a deeply impactful resource. It is important we continue to support and develop it, and that requires investment."
In 2012, David and Tricia Rogers made another gift to ensure the long-term vitality of this unique lab and classroom that has become a defining feature of the Business Building. They issued the Rogers Trading Room Challenge with the goal of matching up to $1 million in gifts to support the Smeal College Trading Room Endowment. The annual earnings from this endowed fund support technology upgrades, data subscriptions, staff support and other features essential to the Rogers Family Trading Room experience.
"Tricia and I have seen so many students land exciting jobs and advance quickly early in their careers thanks in part to their experience in the trading room, and we want that to continue," said David Rogers, chief executive officer of J.D. Capital Management, a private investment firm located in Greenwich, Conn. "We hope to encourage alumni who have benefited from their experiences in the Trading Room over the past ten years, and all alumni who know they would have benefited from this type of hands-on learning, to support the Trading Room for the next generation of Smeal students."
"[The Trading Room] is a great way to learn outside the classroom because you are spending time with other students who are passionate about the subject."
In addition to its role as a classroom and laboratory, the Rogers Family Trading Room is home to the Nittany Lion Fund, a $5.6 million student-managed stock portfolio. Unlike most student-managed investment funds around the country, which are backed by university endowments, the Nittany Lion Fund relies on investments from individuals, with the number of investors totaling 77 as of July. Since its inception in 2005, more than 110 student fund managers have secured full-time employment at leading investment firms including Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, BlackRock, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.
David Marcinek, a 1993 finance alumnus, graduated from Smeal before the Rogers Family Trading Room was created, but he understands its value for today's and future students. The Goldman Sachs partner is an advocate for students seeking internships in the field, and he was the first to accept the Rogers Challenge by making a gift in 2011. He feels strongly that the Rogers Family Trading Room experience sets Smeal students apart from their peers in the job market.
"The Rogers Family Trading Room is a deeply impactful resource. It is important we continue to support and develop it, and that requires investment," Marcinek said.
To accept the Rogers Challenge, make a online gift today or contact Todd Sloan in the Smeal College Development Office at 814-865-7830 or email@example.com. All gifts to the Smeal College Trading Room Endowment, regardless of amount, will earn the matching dollars from the challenge—and strengthen the Rogers Family Trading Room experience for future business students.
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Landauer has written several essays on Semitic subjects, and has published: "Psychologie des Ibn Sinâ," 1872; "Sa'adja's Kitâb al-Amânât," Leyden, 1880; "Katalog der Kaiserlichen Universität- und Landesbibliothek Strasburg, Orientalische Handschriften," 1881; "Firdusi Schahname," Leyden, 1884; "Die Handschriften der Grossherzoglich Badischen Hof- und Landesbibliothek in Karlsruhe, Orientalische Handschriften," 1892; "Die Masorah zum Onkelos," Amsterdam, 1896; "Themistius 'De cælo'" (for the Aristoteles Commission of the Berlin Academy), Berlin, 1902.


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(Editor's note: Right after this speech, freelance writer Walker Wooding emailed me to say how much he thought this speech resonated--so I asked him to share his thoughts with you for our Famous Speech Friday series. Here's his take.)
Storytelling can turn an invitation to speak into an invitation to engage. First Lady Michelle Obama provided an example of this when she recently spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Sure, like some Democrats, and like some Republicans in their convention the prior week, she touched on political character and on partisan concerns. Her speech, however, epitomized the touch of personal connection. That connection began with immersing the audience into her world, illustrating life as a mother, a wife, and eyewitness to President Barack Obama as a father, a husband, and a man. She connected that world to the world of millions of Americans with the power of story.
Stories are our DNA. They carry from one generation to the next our beliefs, struggles, and dreams. So when a number of folks sat down, tuned in, or clicked on for Michelle Obama's speech given that September Tuesday night in Charlotte, N.C., they found themselves captured with a story. That's what engagement is, a moving dialogue that moves us, connecting what the speaker wants to say to what she wants the audience to think, feel, or do. The key to this speech was matching the message to the moment, which, according to Twitter's blog, peaked at 28,003 Tweets per minute at its conclusion.
For a blueprint of capturing the moment, let's look at three of the four qualities the late Ted Sorensen, President John F. Kennedy's speechwriter, said characterizes a memorable speech—clarity, charity, brevity, and levity. Here's what you can learn from the First Lady's example of speaking to engage:
• Clarity—to clearly set out a road map for the audience. Michelle Obama championed examples of the American spirit. She proclaimed how struggle doesn't change that spirit but defines it. She explained how becoming First Lady hasn't changed who she is but has made her stronger in her most important role, a mother. She laid out the theme of her husband's bid for reelection—to stay the course in a struggle to help Americans with their struggles in achieving their quests. Parallelism, the technique of using similar ideas in a balanced construction, helped the First Lady frame the President's drive to make it possible for everyone to fulfill their lives. "Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it...and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we're from, or what we look like, or who we love."
• Charity—to praise the audience for what they're contributing. Here, the First Lady credited people for paving the way for others to attain their aspirations. For example, she honored members of the military for their sacrifice. She also gave voice to everyday people who, in their own ways, also suit up, gear up, and get after it. "We get there because of folks like my Dad...folks like Barack's grandmother...men and women who said to themselves, 'I may not have a chance to fulfill my dreams, but maybe my children will...maybe my grandchildren will.' So many of us stand here tonight because of their sacrifice, and longing, and steadfast love...because time and again, they swallowed their fears and doubts and did what was hard."
• Levity—to endear yourself to the crowd. The First Lady unified her chronicles about love, family, and ambitions with emotion and body language that resonated with some of the audience. It resonated with me, too. For a moment, I forgot that she was speaking at a political convention. In that moment, I remembered growing up in New Jersey. There, I often sat with my mom and her four sisters congregating in the kitchen or living room. That was their convention center, their town hall, to signify about living, loving, and looking to the future for their children. "And I say all of this tonight not just as First Lady...and not just as a wife. You see, at the end of the day, my most important title is still 'mom-in-chief.' My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world. But today, I have none of those worries from four years ago about whether Barack and I were doing what's best for our girls." In the end, Michelle Obama's speech was much more than about her or about the President. It was a story much about love and about struggle. Both involve character, commitment, and courage—just some of the makings of what it takes to prevail in the pursuit of our dreams.
A link to the transcript is above and the video is below. What do you think of this famous speech?
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CLASP Homes, a non-profit organization serving adults with developmental disabilities in group home and apartment settings and headquartered in Westport, is pleased to announce that it has received a generous donation of $2700 from the Splash Car Wash of 186 Westport Avenue in Norwalk. CLASP was one of the recipients of Splash's annual holiday charity sale. For the six weeks prior to the New Year, Splash of Norwalk sold gift cards with a portion of the proceeds earmarked for CLASP Homes.
We are pleased to be a partnered with CLASP. The work they do is tremendous and we are so glad to be able to assist in this small way." said Mark Curtis, Owner of Splash.
"We are so grateful to Splash for their ongoing support of our program," said CLASP President, Tracy Flood. "It's become such a wonderful partnership over the past several years. Splash has such a strong commitment to the community."
"Not only does Splash support CLASP, but Splash has 'adopted' a non-profit organization in every town where Splash is located," she added.
As a not-for-profit community organization, CLASP is dedicated to increasing public understanding of the people they serve, and their ability to be contributing members of the community. CLASP offers and supports high quality professional services that enhance each person's social responsibility, independence, dignity and continued growth. Currently celebrating its 27th anniversary, CLASP has grown from operating only one group home to operating eleven group homes, nine apartments and a Career and Community Options Program throughout Fairfield County. Program sites are located in Westport, Wilton, Norwalk, Fairfield, Easton, Shelton, Trumbull and Stratford.
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A Liberal Democrat former minister has suggested that his party has become pointless.
In a fresh attack on the direction the Lib Dems are being taken in, Jeremy Browne said there was a lot of "conservatism" in the party and raised concerns that it "protects the state and the status quo".
It comes after earlier criticism of "political procrastination" and claims that the Lib Dems have become the "brake on the Government rather than being an accelerator".
In an interview with The Times, Mr Browne said: "Every political party and every politician has to be able to answer the question: if you didn't exist why would it be necessary to invent you?
"I'm not sure it would be necessary to invent an ill-defined moderating centrist party."
Mr Browne was unexpectedly sacked as a home office minister in last year's reshuffle and relations with party leader Nick Clegg are said to be strained.
The MP reportedly t ried to raise his concerns about the party's direction in person with the Deputy Prime Minister but was r ebuffed.
He added: "I remain very supportive of all Nick Clegg's instincts that made him a compelling candidate to be party leader and Deputy Prime Minister.
"Whether he has moved away from some of his instincts, people may feel that he has.
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Just Added: Image gallery of the 2006 Evinrude Media Event at Key Largo, FL.
I first became intimately acquainted with the Evinrude E-TEC engines in 2006, at an Evinrude press event in Key Largo, Florida. It was at the 2003 February Miami International Boat Show that Bombardier Recreational Products first introduced the E-TEC engines in 40 through 90-horsepower models to the boating industry. Back then, the E-TEC was the new kid on the block and its not always easy being new, and as I would find out, different.
These were the first new Evinrude engines to emerge since BRP won the federal bankruptcy auction of Outboard Marine Corporation, and with it the rights to the Johnson and Evinrude names, patents, and intellectual properties. BRP would carry the Evinrude name into the future, and back then there was a lot of anticipation and with it, a lot of questions. Will Evinrude continue its heritage of industry-leading designs and performance, or would it fade away? I certainly had a lot of questions.
It was at the Evinrude press event in 2006 that I was able to examine the new E-TEC V6 engines. I remember the moment I watched in eager anticipation as the E-TEC 250 was started. It was quiet, but it had that reassuring rhythmic pulse that only a two-stroke engine could have. There was no smoke at all, and at a low idle, the big V6 was nearly silent, with just a hint of that satisfying musical sound we all know. The sound of instant power. That sound that told me it was going to be a fun weekend, and I was not disappointed.
I also remember experiencing both exciting and thrilling emotions when those triple E-TEC 250s mounted on the back of a Wellcraft 352 were accelerated at full throttle. I found myself reaching for a grab-rail to hold on, and right then and there I knew those were not my fathers OMC engines back there. Yes, this is a two-stroke engine as I knew them, but better. And as I was taking in the experience, I began to think of the impact this new engine series would have on the industry. As is the case with all departures from expectation, Evinrude's new E-TEC would become a focal point of excitement, confusion, and misinformation.
The development of the internal combustion engine was an important factor in the rise of the automobile. It was relatively lightweight, inexpensive to produce and produced a lot of power relative to its size. Prior to this development, efforts were explored with steam engines and even electric power, but neither of those two solutions offered the benefits of a gasoline engine. And like any technological evolution, engines became more powerful, more reliable, and less expensive. And it was the refinement of the internal combustion engine that played the most important role in the emergence of the automobile as a staple of transportation.
Cars began rapidly growing in size and power, and back then there was little or no focus on the exhaust byproducts of this horsepower race, namely, hydrocarbons. Engines grew in size and power, which in turn increased their exhaust emissions. As the automobile became more ubiquitous, the effects of hydrocarbons on the environment began to be identified, and eventuality this would need to be addressed.
|1897: American Motor Co. 'Portable Boat Motor'. This engine even featured a reversing gearbox!
Image used with permission by Bill Grannis
In the early 1970s, new emissions regulations began a process that ultimately became what many feared would be the end of high-performance cars forever. It was thought that the golden era of the horsepower wars among car makers was over, now substituted for decal-clad representations of those former glorious machines. And that was indeed the case for a while.
Back then, another process was also beginning to take shape, though very few people realized it would ever matter. Technology was slowly pushing back against the limitations imposed by new engine configurations that choked power. It was slow at first, but by the mid-1980s, a new revolution of technologically-driven performance cars was being born. It was this technology of fuel and air delivery that overcame the early limitations of new regulations, and today we have cars that produce incredible power as well as fantastic fuel economy and clean emissions. Nobody thought that was possible just thirty years ago, and yet the very fastest and most-capable cars are being made today, not in the 1960s. It was the electronics industry that made these improvements available. Large scale integrated logic chips became more powerful and less expensive to allow small computers to operate fuel injection and monitor engine parameters to decrease emissions and increase performance.
But what does this have to do with outboard engines? What happened to the muscle car in the 1970s repeated itself with outboard engines in the late 1990s. A very similar sequence of events was played out all over again, though with a slightly different result.
The classic two-stroke outboard engine is inherently very dirty, having little or no design features for clean exhaust hydrocarbon emissions. Although they had become much larger, the traditional two-stroke outboard is essentially the very same engine that was powering Ole Evinrudes rowboat over 100 years ago. It would only be a matter of time before these engines needed refinement for the future emission regulations. It was generally thought that the two-stroke engine would be extinct. After all, how could any engine that combusts oil as a matter of design fulfill todays emissions requirements? Most manufacturers felt that the four-stroke engine was the answer.
But why has the two-stroke engine been so ubiquitous for outboards since their very beginning? The answer is a basic and familiar one; the two-stroke engine offers far less complexity than a four-stroke design, and by its very nature will produce more power for its size. It is very reliable, lightweight, and requires much less maintenance and care than a four-stroke engine. The advantages of the two-stroke engine were very clear, especially in an application where weight must be kept at a minimum.
|1962: The Homelite/Bearcat 4-Cycle 55 was the first successful large four-stroke outboard engine. This engine was based on an earlier design of an automotive engine.
The very first Evinrude outboard engine was developed over 100 years ago and was 1.5 horsepower, but this was quite a lot of power for boaters used to rowing. Best of all, it was small and very light. It could be carried with no more effort than set of oars. Very important to its combination of power, light weight, and reliability was the two-stroke engine design.
As its name suggests, a two-stroke engine completes its power cycle in two strokes of the piston one stroke up, one down. Compression, intake, exhaust and power all take place in just two strokes, or cycles. By comparison, a four-stroke engine only produces power on every other cycle of its crankshaft revolution, thus requiring a separate intake and exhaust stroke that does not produce power.
An outboard engine must be as lightweight as possible, and yet still produce a lot of power relative to its size. Four-stroke engines are by design heavier than two-stroke engines of equivalent power output and not as power-efficient. The additional components required by the four-stroke engine design add weight, and a higher parts count potentially increases points of failure. The two-stroke engine offered the clear solution for light weight, power and reliability.
There were exceptions early on, the most successful being the 1962 Homelite Bearcat 55, which itself was a design derivative of an automobile engine. This was an outboard for a lightweight boat, but the Bearcats comparatively large size and weight for its 55-horsepower rating was outclassed by two-stroke outboards. It simply offered no compelling performance advantage to the boater.
The added complexity of the four-stroke engine and basic design of the combustion cycle meant that pound-for-pound, a two-stroke engine would generally produce more power. And in the application in which outboards are used, weight is crucial, and so the two-stroke engine seemed the logical choice moving forward.
The Irony of Precision
We tend to associate the classic image of a high-performance outboard as being what the industry was built upon - carburetor-fed two-stroke engine designs. And this is indeed true. Two-stroke outboard engines certainly evolved and became more powerful and easier to use. On some models, multi-port fuel injection replaced the carburetor, and this was definitely a step forward in terms of power and efficiency, but those systems were adapted to existing engine designs. To achieve a much higher degree of combustion efficiency, a completely new technology would be called for. Until recently, there were no outboard engines that were designed from the ground-up to be directly fuel-injected.
It is an irony that the keys to power, fuel efficiency, and low emissions are all the same - that is, precision fuel delivery and efficient combustion. Exhaust hydrocarbons are essentially the result of incomplete combustion. It makes sense that more power could be extracted from a fuel charge with a more complete combustion cycle.
The idea of lowering hydrocarbon emissions nevertheless garners negative feelings based on the impact on performance that early efforts at emissions control had on cars. Back in the 1970s, the computer technology required to deliver fuel with ultra-high precision was not yet available, however today we all see the benefits that direct injection has on high performance cars. More complete combustion not only increases power, but it lowers hydrocarbon emissions.
Using a carburetor or manifold electronic fuel injection to introduce fuel into the combustion chamber ultimately results in unburned fuel exiting the exhaust. That incomplete combustion represents not only wasted potential power, but wasted fuel efficiency and also increased hydrocarbon exhaust emissions. The more you improve combustion efficiency, the more power potential you have for less fuel consumption and fewer emissions. But was it the basic two-stroke engine design that was the problem? Many of the industry pundits erroneously thought so. They were among the many voices mistakenly prophesying the end of the two-stroke outboard soon to be banned from the waterways and regulated out of existence as they were in the motorcycle industry.
Its easy to see why this line of thinking was so prevalent, with the classic image of the smoke-spewing, sneezing outboard engine producing a trail of fuel-rainbows on the water surface. But it was not the two-stroke combustion cycle that was the culprit of this legacy, rather, it was how those engines were designed as a whole. Both two and four-stroke engines produce hydrocarbons, and both engines could be refined to more precisely combust fuel.


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Even though Juliette (Hayden Panettiere) finds herself on the throne in the Nashville Season 2 poster, it looks like Rayna (Connie Britton) won't be out of the spotlight for long.
Exclusive First Look: Check out Nashville's new Season 2 photos
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Two weeks ago I made available a copy of [AdventureWorks2012] on SQL Azure and published credentials so that anyone from the SQL community could connect up and experience SQL Azure, probably for the first time. One of the (somewhat) popular requests thereafter was to make the venerable Northwind database available too so I am pleased to say that as of right now, Northwind is up there too.
You will notice immediately that all of the Northwind tables (and the stored procedures and views too) have been moved into a schema called [Northwind] – this was so that they could be easily differentiated from the existing [AdventureWorks2012] objects.
I used an SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) project to publish the schema and data up to this SQL Azure database; if you are at all interested in poking around that SSDT project then I have made it available on Codeplex for your convenience under the MS-PL license – go and get it from https://northwindssdt.codeplex.com/.
Using SSDT proved particularly useful as it alerted me to some aspects of Northwind that were not compatible with SQL Azure, namely that five of the tables did not have clustered indexes:
The beauty of using SSDT is that I am alerted to these issues before I even attempt a connection to SQL Azure. Pretty cool, no? Fixing this situation was of course very easy, I simply changed the following primary keys from being nonclustered to clustered:
If you want to connect up then here are the credentials that you will need:
You will need SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2008R2 installed in order to connect or alternatively simply use this handy website: https://mhknbn2kdz.database.windows.net which provides a web interface to a SQL Azure server.
Do remember that hosting this database is not free so if you find that you are making use of it please help to keep it available by visiting Paypal and donating any amount at all to email@example.com. To make this easy you can simply hit this link and the details will be completed for you – all you have to do is login and hit the "Send" button. If you are already a PayPal member then it should take you all of about 20 seconds!
I hope this is useful to some of you folks out there. Don't forget that we also have more data up there than in the conventional [AdventureWorks2012], read more at Big AdventureWorks2012.
AdventureWorks on Azure - Provided by the SQL Server community, for the SQL Server community!
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At first, it was a bit confusing for me to get the connectionstring working in c# and how to get data from a tabel where it goes by the name e.g. Employees (Northwind), but then when i make a query i saw my fault doing it wrong.
My first query: "select * from Employees (Northwind)" should be
"Select * from Northwind.Employees"
Basically it's the same as of any other sql database to work with something like Azure, but i find it rather intriguing to learn something new.
I also noticed there is a database AdventureWorks 2012 in there, but do u have like any script files to deploy that database on a local machine with sql server management studio 2008?
Also if I would enter the number 3 in amount for Paypal donation, is that number then in pounds sterling or dollars or euro's?
I would like to donate a small amount for getting a azure connection to test with, but i would like to know the foreign exchange course that your paypal is using ...
How much is it anyway for this database hosting on azure? do you have to pay more for giving access to the public ?
How do you register here on this blog, i only see "sign in" :s
Hi Davy,
Regarding registering on SQLBlog.com ...I have just realised that I have no idea - I don't see a register link anywhere. I have tweeted the site owner about it so hopefully he'll have a look.
"do u have like any script files to deploy [AdventureWorks2012] on a local machine with sql server management studio 2008"
They're all up here: http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/releases/view/55330
"Also if I would enter the number 3 in amount for Paypal donation, is that number then in pounds sterling or dollars or euro's?"
I have received donations in both dollars and sterling so I would suspect that its either (a) driven by your preferred currency or (b) you get to choose at some point.
"How much is it anyway for this database hosting on azure? do you have to pay more for giving access to the public ?"
It is $9.99 a month (see pricing calculator here: https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/ and note that since I wrote this blog post the name has changed from "SQL Azure" to "Windows Azure SQL Database"). No, it doesn't cost more to make it available to the public.
Thanks for the comments Davy.
In March 2013 I launched an initiative called AdventureWorks on Azure in which I hosted the AdventureWorks2012
the adventureworks2012 looks like adventureworks2008 as the window function is missing.
Also when I run the below query:
SELECT compatibility_level
FROM sys.databases WHERE name = 'AdventureWorks2012';
It returned 100, which is sql server 2008.
It looks like the database has been put offline. The message I got is "The user was not authorized"


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LONDON - Gold steadied Monday and was set to end 2012 up around 6 per cent, notching up a 12th straight year of gains, but uncertainty over whether US politicians will resolve a fiscal crisis complicated the price outlook into new year.
Gold was up $5.90 or 0.36 per cent at $1,660.8 per ounce at 1210 GMT, having earlier risen almost 1 per cent to a session high of $1,668.70. It was headed for an annual rise, driven by rock-bottom interest rates, concerns over the financial stability of the euro zone, and diversification into bullion by central banks.
US gold for February rose $6.10 an ounce to $1,662.00. The US Congress comes back on Monday without a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" and with only a few hours of actual legislative time scheduled in which to act if an agreement materializes. "It seems that a failure to reach a compromise, which is looking more and more likely, is supporting gold," said Peter Fertig, an analyst with Germany-based Quantitative Commodity Research.
"I think it is more safe-haven buying which is driving up gold today." Fertig also pointed to positive Chinese industrial activity data, which he said helped support gold prices. "It would indicate that Chinese investors' demand for gold might be picking up," he said.
Activity in China's vast manufacturing sector hit its fastest pace in December since May 2011, a survey of private factory managers showed, with a sub-index for new orders pointing to continued strength in the new year. In other markets, world stocks were set to end the year up almost 13 per cent on Monday but uncertainty loomed as US politicians prepared for last-minute talks to avoid a fiscal crunch of spending cuts and tax hikes that could drag down the world economy in 2013.
Unless a deal is reached on the US budget, some $109 billion of across-the-board spending cuts are due to kick in immediately at the start of the new year and eventually amount to $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts. Failure to clinch a deal may spur safe-haven buying of gold, but if the White House and Congress reach an agreement, the metal may track stock markets higher.
Bernard Sin, a trader at Swiss-based MKS Finance, said uncertainty over the outcome of the US fiscal talks, had underpinned gold. "As long as there are no conclusions on the budget talks, the market will be trading upwards," Sin said.
"You see some producer selling into the rally," he added.
Sin said some participants also had been reluctant to take new positions as they squared books before the end of the year.
Market holidays were in force in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam, with half-day trading in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore. Several major Asian stock indexes closed on Monday, with the strongest annual gains in years, but these were overshadowed by the lack of progress in talks to avert the looming US "fiscal cliff".
In foreign currency news, the euro fell against the dollar on Monday as growing concern US lawmakers would not reach a deal in last-ditch budget talks prompted investors to seek refuge in the more liquid US currency.
An agreement on the US budget would be viewed as a positive for riskier currencies such as the euro and Australian dollar, while a deadlock would be deemed positive for the safe-haven and highly liquid dollar.
A softer dollar boosts commodities priced in the greenback by making them cheaper for holders of other currencies.
Buoyed by his re-election in November, President Barack Obama has insisted that any deal must include a tax increase on the wealthiest Americans, who have seen their earnings rise steadily over the past decade at a time when income for the less affluent has stalled.
Gold demand in India, the world's biggest buyer of the metal, was weak on Monday due to year-end, and as prices nudged higher following gains in the world market.
Silver was down 0.07 per cent to $29.98 an ounce, while platinum dipped 0.03 per cent to $1,517.5 and palladium eased 0.07 per cent to $694.49 an ounce.


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I remember this time last year when it came time to review the theater season in Connecticut. I felt pretty discouraged. Sure there was plenty of fine work but few shows really knocked my critical socks off with the kind of productions that you immediately want to tweet your friends about, the shows that you would actually see again — and pay. The works that stay in your memory for years.
This season those kinds of productions easily filled up the Top 10 — and then some. The only difficult part was what order to place the shows I most loved and which ones couldn't make the list — but would have easily made it in another less-terrific season. So, in order of affection and regard:
1. Quiara Alegría Hudes' "Water By the Spoonful" at Hartford Stage. Something extraordinary happens when you see a show introduced to an audience for the first time and it takes your breath away. There were only 6,000 people in the world who saw this year'sPulitzer Prize-winning play (the freak snow storm and power outages reduced what would have been a much larger number). Those lucky ones Lucky them who saw a heart-felt play about people seeking to reach out beyond their dreams and demons, through the Internet and within themselves.
2. "February House," music by Gabriel Kahane, book by Seth Bockley at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. Like Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris," this show lets you peek into the private lives of cultural icons. Not since "Sunday in the Park with George" has a musical work explored so movingly the intersection between art and real life. It also introduced a terrific theater composer with Kahane and gave director Davis McCallum a stunning one-two punch following his direction of "Water by the Spoonful." The entire cast was superb but a special shout out to Kristen Sieh as Carson McCullers.
3. Will Eno's "The Realistic Joneses" at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven. This was the toughest show to explain but the more I did the more my feelings toward it deepened. A remarkable ensemble cast make the minute of every day life seem to epic and profound.
4. "Fräulein Maria" at Hartford Stage. Simply put, one of the most joyous experiences I've ever had. seated. Taking the film soundtrack to "The Sound of Music," Doug Elkins' amalgam of music, dance, movies and theater was bliss.
5. William Somerset Maughm's "The Circle" at Westport Country Playhouse. Nicholas Martin's smooth-as-silk direction of this comedy of manners with a cast working in synch like a Swiss watch. Special mention to John Horton, a theater veteran who showed how the biggest laughs and character detail can come with the subtlest of gestures.
6. "Show Boat," music by Jerome Kern, lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam. Twenty minutes into the show, you forgot how incredible it was for the theater with its tiny stage to pull off this epic. It wasn't about the logistics of staging but the intimacy of the music and storytelling.
7. "Into the Woods," music by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine at Westport Country Playhouse.Director Mark Lamos centered on the story-telling aspect of this rich mash-up of fairy tales in which resulted in presenting in their lessons and the result was not only in the lessons of the tales but the pure theatricality. of the telling. Dana Steingold was just terrific as Little Red Riding Hood.
8. Mike Reiss' "I'm Connecticut" at Connecticut Repertory Theatre, UConn at Storrs. I was wary at first about this freshman theater effort by one of the writer-producers of "The Simpsons," but this satire of all things Connecticut was both hilarious and sweet. The state tourism department might not to be thrilled, but audiences howled with delight.
9. William Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" at Yale Repertory Theatre. This problematic play by the Bard was given a beautiful production with a solid cast, beautiful design (sets by Michael Yeargan), thoughtful staging by Liz Diamond and a riveting performance by Rob Campbell as King Leontine.
10. William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" at Hartford Stage. The theater's new artistic director Darko Tresnjak showed his affinity for the Bard in this with a gorgeously designed production starring Daniel Davis as Propsero and a wonderful debut performance by Ben Cole from the Hartt School as Caliban.
The last few slots were especially difficult to determine and several of these runners-up could have just as easily made the Top 10: Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" at Hartford Stage; Brian Dennehy in Samuel Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape" at Long Wharf Theatre; the tours of "Fela!" at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven and "Les Misèrables" at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford; HartBeat Ensemble's "FlipSide," Westport's "Suddenly Last Summer," "TheaterWorks' "Sty of the Blind Pig" (and Brenda Thomas' terrific performance), "A Doctor in Spite of Himself" at Yale Rep and "City of Angels" at Goodspeed Opera House."


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a little thrifting
This morning we hit up a few thrift stores. Has any other mom out there tried to do serious treasure hunting with a little one(s)? First of all, everything is gross and I'm always trying to prevent Israel from touching and grabbing things, then washing his hands every chance I get. Also, this whole stopping at 20 different stores, getting out and looking around for 15 minutes is not the ideal way to spend your day when you're 16 mos old!
We did find a few things. I spotted some old pottery, with small handles and tiny spouts, maybe for small candles or as bud vases. I tossed them in the cart but ended up ditching them at the register. I couldn't think of where I could possibly put them so they didn't make the cut.
I did keep these teak triangular napkin rings. They have small slits at the top, I'm guessing to hold name cards. Handy, if I ever have a formal dinner with just two other people?! I also found this IKEA PS tealight holder for $2, new in box. Probably not a big deal for those of you who live around the corner from the Swedish mecca but for us who are at least 5+ hrs from one, it's kind of a score.
The best part of my day though? Watching these two guys make their way, very slowly, through the parking lot. Israel was totally spent by the time we headed home. Actually, he threw a full blown tantrum but I can't say I blame him. He's napping now. :)
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the napkin rings are super cute! Shopping with a little one can be exhausting. I've found that I'd rather just pay shipping and order stuff online, sometimes.. but mine is two, and she can unbuckle herself out of the little harness in her cart cover, and then she stands up & refuses to sit back down. :\ I miss the days of her being a baby and sleeping during shopping excursions... but I don't miss lugging the the car seat around!ReplyDelete
oh dear, i so understand you and admire you for your courage!! a whole day from store to store? whow! and yes, that ikea candle holder is really cute! it will be so gorgeous with all the tealights! try it on your most gorgeous table! :) have a great day dear and hugs to your family! twiggsReplyDelete
Agreed, the ikea find is the best! And way to go taking the little one with you! I'm a nanny and I always take my little man to the fabric stores with me...not always his favorite, but we do something fun to make up for it :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 07, 2011
I have a two yr. old and when I feel like hitting up the thrift and junk shops he has to tag along. I pack some snacks, a few toys, hand sanitizer and just hope he lets me shop. I've been doing this since he was born so he's usually pretty good. Occasionally he likes to throw a major tantrum and I have to come home!ReplyDelete
wow. nice ! Especially the Ikea tealight holderReplyDelete
Thrifting is the best! I feel like a treasure hunter and it's so fun when you find something good for extra cheap. I don't have a little one, but do see the problem with that, I always have to sanitize after leaving the stores and I can just picture some of that stuff going into little curious mouths :)ReplyDelete
Like your diligence about selection!ReplyDelete
That top photo is to die for. Too cute!
ok, that top pic is genius.ReplyDelete
Ha YES it's total drama to thrift with small ones! Ugh I end up just begging them to be content ha. It's a luxury to do it w/o them-but then I end up wishing I had them along!ReplyDelete
Great scores-I am trying to keep away from stores right now-too much great stuff at the thrift stores in Jan/Feb (people 'decluttering' their lives ;)
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Political establishment in D.C. upset with Internet maverick
Paul Joseph Watson
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The political establishment in Washington D.C. is not happy with Internet trailblazer Matt Drudge for linking to Infowars.com, with the Obama front group Think Progress deeming it necessary to devote an entire article to whining about the fact that Drudge promotes alternative media sources.
In a piece entitled, Drudge Funneled At Least 30 Million Visitors To Conspiracy Websites In The Last Year, Think Progress' Aviva Shen throws her toys out of the pram at the fact that, "Drudge drove over 30 million page views to World Net Daily and InfoWars in the last year."
Shen points out that a single Drudge link can drive as many as 500,000 page views to an article, and that Drudge himself has been called "the Walter Cronkite of his era."
Shen divulges how Think Progress conducted a study which "found that, throughout the year, Drudge frequently and consistently linked to conspiracy sites," as if it was some dark and dirty secret that Infowars and WND stories had appeared on DrudgeReport.com.
The Drudge Report is a smorgasbord of links, most to mainstream media sources, with some alternative media outlets thrown in for good measure. Drudge links to news stories that are often controversial but never without merit. To presume that Drudge and his staff agree completely with the viewpoints expressed in the hundreds of stories they post every week would be idiocy.
Why is Think Progress so terrified of who Drudge chooses to link to?
The answer becomes clear when you understand the fact that Think Progress is nothing more than an Obama White House propaganda mouthpiece.
Think Progress claims that it is a "nonpartisan organization," and yet it's bankrolled by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a think tank headed by Bill Clinton's former chief of staff John D. Podesta , who was also head of Barack Obama's presidential transition team after the 2008 election.
According to SourceWatch, "CAP's Progressive Media project emerged as a major communications war room on behalf of Obama's domestic and foreign policy agenda and CAP became a strong advocate for escalation in Afghanistan. Progressive Media is run through the Center for American Project Action Fund, the more political 501(c)4 arm of CAP. It coordindates closely with the Common Purpose Project, an effort to create message discipline among the pro-Obama organizations, with a direct tie to the White House."
According to Center for American Progress director Jennifer Palmieri, the organization is focused around "driving the White House's message and agenda."
Though the Center for American Progress is shy about revealing its funders, according to SourceWatch, no less than 58 foundations have donated over $15 million dollars since 2003, as well as corporations and elitist philanthropists such as George Soros, who donated $3 million for "general support" in 2006.
Think Progress is a little more than a PR firm for the Obama administration. No wonder they are so terrified that thanks to traffic from Drudge, the likes of Infowars and World Net Daily have grown to become two of the most visible anti-Obama news outlets on the web.
Think Progress claims it is upset that Drudge is promoting what they call "conspiracy theories," but in reality the root of the anger is that Drudge is providing a platform for some of the Obama administration's most ardent critics.
In addition, as we have documented, Think Progress routinely generates its own conspiracy theories in order to smear its political adversaries.
In a 2009 article, Think Progress claimed that Pittsburgh cop-killer Richard Poplawski "was a die-hard fan of (Alex) Jones," when in reality Poplawski had left a series of comments on Infowars.com attacking Jones. Despite numerous other major publications having to retract this smear, Think Progress parroted the myth repeatedly.
In the same article, Think Progress labeled the claim that White House science czar John P. Holdren advocated putting sterilants in the water supply as a "conspiracy theory," despite the fact that it is clearly documented in his own 1977 book Ecoscience, excerpts of which have been posted on the Internet.
Despite the fact that the the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) soundly rejected the claim that last year's deadly tornadoes, which killed hundreds of people in Midwest and southern U.S. states, were linked with climate change, Think Progress blamed the extreme weather events on "climate pollution deniers."
Think Progress hijacked the tragic deaths of hundreds of Americans to push their political agenda and smear those opposed to the EPA's economically disastrous ruling that the life-giving gas carbon dioxide was a deadly pollutant, by inventing the 'conspiracy theory' that the tornadoes were caused by global warming.
One can only make presumptions as to why Think Progress feels the need to devote an entire article to throwing a hissy fit over Drudge sending tens of millions of readers to Infowars. There's undoubtedly a political motivation attached, but perhaps the primary factor is sheer jealousy at the fact that Infowars.com dwarfs ThinkProgress.org in terms of traffic and readership.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
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I was contacted by Novica a few weeks back and they asked if I'd like to order from their website, write a review and host a giveaway. I was given a gift certificate code to place an order for anything on their website, but I was not paid to write this. The opinion of their products and website are purely my own. I'm just now getting to share with you my purchases because it took me forever to decide on what I wanted. They have so many wonderful and unique gifts that it was hard to narrow down. Seriously, I spent hours searching through all the treasures Novica has to offer.
Before I tell you about my goodies, I wanted to tell you a bit about Novica. Ever heard of them before? I hadn't until I saw a review done by Barbara Bakes and as soon as I went to their website I found a beautiful amethyst pitcher in their corporate gifts section. When it was actually time to place my order that pitcher was no where to be found, but that's okay because I still got some things that I'm happy with. I'm not generally a fan of ordering online because I like to support local businesses and I'm cheap and don't like to pay shipping, but Novica is different. Novica is associated with National Geographic and they don't have run of the mill stuff. They offer one-of-a-kind handmade gifts, eco-friendly green gifts, jewelery, clothing and home decor all made by over 2000 artisans from all over the world. How cool is that?
What I liked about this website and company and what made me feel good about ordering from them was that you know who you're ordering from. When you view an item, the website shows you a picture of the artist as well tells you a bit of their history. It's personal. It's almost like shopping at a world market and these talented artists are offering you the fruits of their labor. It's a beautiful concept and I wish there were more websites like Novica. And it gets better... Novica offers a program called microfinance that helps people like you and me support their artisans. Microfinance allows anyone around the world to give their artists loans at 0% interest so that they can keep on creating, building and crafting. It's a perfect scenario, because it's people helping people, and that's a company I can get behind.
Now onto the goodies I ordered. I got the Contempo Tray and Pineapple Spoon Rest from artist Luis Martinez in Mexico, and my favorite, Silver Plated Coffee Bean Earrings from artist Danai from Thailand. The tray and pineapple arrived in about a weeks time and were gift wrapped in thick paper and tied with a raffia bow. The earrings were tucked into a little pillow in a handmade paper box. Both came with postcards from their respective countries as well as a handwritten note from the artisans. I continue to be impressed by them. The only drawback was that the spoon rest wasn't quite big enough to accommodate my spoonulas, but I'm using to cradle my jewelery instead. Not only are they beautiful, but they're quality too- you can see and feel it.
Novica has kindly and generously offered to give one of you a $50 gift certificate to use on their website. Anyone and everyone is eligible for this giveaway. Here's what you need to do in order to qualify for this giveaway:
- Go to Novica's Corporate Gifts section and find something you'd like to have.
- Leave me a comment on this post (one comment per person please) telling me what you'd like to have and who the artist is. Make sure both of those details are in your comment or your entry will be void.
- Please make sure you leave your contact info if you should win.
A winner will be chosen and revealed on October 1st. Best of luck!
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After months of anticipation, Major League Soccer announced today that Manchester United will be the opponent in the 2010 AT&T MLS All-Star Game. The game will kick off at 7:30 p.m. CT at Reliant Stadium here in Houston.
Local politicians, including Houston Mayor Annise Parker and Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, showed up for the press conference to show their support for the All-Star Game announcement.
For the third time this season, the Houston Dynamo followed up a win with a loss, falling to FC Dallas 1-0 at Robertson Stadium on Wednesday. The Dynamo's inconsistent play is troubling players, as is the fact that they were unable to take advantage of playing the last 19 minutes of the game with a man advantage. Not only was the win the first for Dallas on the season, it was the first ever win for FC Dallas in Houston.
Although it is likely Brian Ching will return to the Dynamo lineup for this weekend's match against Chivas USA, the injury bug struck Houston again. Defender Eddie Robinson strained his right knee and will miss this weekend's match. Pat Onstad, meanwhile, will surpass Preki as the oldest player to play in an MLS game if he starts on Saturday - thanks to the Climbing the Ladder blog for pointing that out.
Luis Ángel Landín sat down for a chat with HoustonDynamo.com about the transition to MLS and being a father in a feature that appeared in Wednesday's Gameday Magazine. Landín was also featured in the latest edition of Hablando de la MLS.
With the World Cup a little more than one month away, the New York Times reports that folks in England still do not fully respect American soccer.
Jen Chang projects a 23-man U.S. World Cup roster and believes Brian Ching should be one of three forwards included on the team.
This is the type of story you probably don't see every day. During a Croatian league match between Mladost FC and Hrvatski Sokola, Goran Tunjic received a yellow card for diving. Upon further review, the booking was unwarranted.